Reprieve in Alaska Pipeline Debate Highlights Safer Route
Editorial notes a Supreme Court refusal to review a ruling blocking the Alaska oil pipeline along a 200 foot right of way. It contrasts the Canadian alternative with the U S plan, highlighting environmental risks and wildlife impacts versus energy needs. The piece favors the Canada route and questions why it is not acceptable.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Alaska
Nixon
Sen
Henry Jackson
Canada
Midwest
Japan
Grading Chaos in Schools Prompts Call for Policy Overhaul
The passage surveys uneven extra credit practices, attendance penalties, and diverse grading methods across teachers. It notes student confusion and perceived unfairness, urging a school board to adopt a consistent policy with clear guidelines to reduce friction.
Airlines Trim Back Flights Under CAB Grace period
The Civil Aeronautics Board allowed major carriers to cut nonstop flights between major hubs during 1971 72, reducing schedules from 39 to 26 on New York Los Angeles and from 31 to 19 on New York San Francisco among others. Load factors rose to 54 percent, fuel use dropped by 120 million gallons, and total operating costs fell by 85 million dollars, with broader fuel savings if the trend continued across all routes.
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TWA
American
United
Charles C. Tillinghast Jr
CAB
New York Area
Los Angeles
New York
San Francisco
Washington- Baltimore
Chicago
U.S
Honolulu
San Juan
Remember How You Voted Referendum Debate Returns
A letter urges voters to reconsider referendum defeat and push the school board to offer another chance. It warns of teaching cuts, larger classes, fewer labs, supplies shortages, and potential student drift, urging informed civic involvement and accountability.
Hoppe Criticizes Paper Over Tuesday Item
A reader MAE WOEFSWINKEL of Paradise Valley condemns the paper for publishing what she calls trash by Hoppe on Tuesday March 27 and urges the editor to seek a more worthy writer for today’s vital issues.
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Hoppe
Mae Woefswinkel
Paradise Valley
Greek dictator Papadopoulos tests U.S. patience over aid clash
Washington reports growing political trouble for Col. George Papadopoulos as his abrupt Jan. 15 cancellation of U.S. military aid sparks anti American protests in Greece. The Nixon administration faced Capitol criticism for supporting the junta and pressuring West Germany to aid Greece.
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George Papadopoulos
Athens
Col. Papadopoulos
Nixon
United States
Col. Papadopolos
U.S
Papadopoulos
House
Wayne Hays
Ohio
Greece
Pentagon
White House
Willy Brandt
West Germany
U.S. Congress
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Europe
Congress
U.S. State Department
Benjamin S. Rosenthal
New York
Rile
Elias Demetracopoulos
Scottsdale Bond Issues and Charter Amendments urged
The April 10 Scottsdale special election attracts attention for two flood control and water sewer bond proposals that save about 80 000 dollars yearly for 10 years without tax increases. Voters are urged to back all seven charter amendments and the bond issues.
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Scottsdale
Letters to the Editor Guidelines at The Progress
The Progress invites letters to the editor with a 350 word limit and requests writers include full name and home address for verification. Typewritten submissions are preferred to ensure readability and timely publication.
Peace with honor or hypocrisy in Nixon war stance
Dr. Walter A. McClenaghan of Scottsdale denounces Nixon’s claim of peace with honor as hypocritical. He cites lies from the Tonkin Gulf incident, civilian suffering in Vietnam, and continued U.S. support for Saigon to argue the war cannot be honorable or democratic.
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Tonkin Gulf
de Tinkee
Jland
Thieu
Saigon
Lincoln
Walter A. McCleneghan
Scottsdale
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